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It was more like a wet firecracker than it was thunder!
If I told you we were going to the Thunder and Lightning Over Arizona Air Show what exactly would you expect? Lots of screaming jets, incredible acrobatics, maybe a Wing Walker and a couple of sonic booms that rattled all the windows in town? Yeah, that's not going to happen, not even close.
On the weekend of March 22-23, Davis Monthan AFB opened the gates and invited everyone to enjoy a free, weekend-long event packed full of entertainment. You could come out and see dynamic aerial displays, memorable planes, and SO much more!
Now I didn't go to the base to see the show, in the years past I didn't have to. All the flights passed right over the house so we could sit outside and enjoy but not this year.
I don't know if it's because of budget cuts, environmental issues, or malaise on the part of the organizers but the flight pattern was changed to keep everything pretty much centralized over the base. Maybe people complained to the city council about the noise? You know how those NIMBY people can get.
Whatever the cause it sure put a damper on the show for those of us who chose not to fight the madhouse of the base to find a parking space and spend the day sitting in the blazing sun to see a couple of jets putting through the sky.
This is the best shot I got of the whole show. Look at the EXIF and you'll see I had my 200mm lens pushed out as far as I could and the speed at a nominal 1/320 of a second.
False Advertising
It was more like a wet firecracker than it was thunder!
If I told you we were going to the Thunder and Lightning Over Arizona Air Show what exactly would you expect? Lots of screaming jets, incredible acrobatics, maybe a Wing Walker and a couple of sonic booms that rattled all the windows in town? Yeah, that's not going to happen, not even close.
On the weekend of March 22-23, Davis Monthan AFB opened the gates and invited everyone to enjoy a free, weekend-long event packed full of entertainment. You could come out and see dynamic aerial displays, memorable planes, and SO much more!
Now I didn't go to the base to see the show, in the years past I didn't have to. All the flights passed right over the house so we could sit outside and enjoy but not this year.
I don't know if it's because of budget cuts, environmental issues, or malaise on the part of the organizers but the flight pattern was changed to keep everything pretty much centralized over the base. Maybe people complained to the city council about the noise? You know how those NIMBY people can get.
Whatever the cause it sure put a damper on the show for those of us who chose not to fight the madhouse of the base to find a parking space and spend the day sitting in the blazing sun to see a couple of jets putting through the sky.
This is the best shot I got of the whole show. Look at the EXIF and you'll see I had my 200mm lens pushed out as far as I could and the speed at a nominal 1/320 of a second.